C# Major - Variation 2 — Acrylic on Paper by Arnaud Quercy
Acrylic on Paper, 10.0×15.0cm
Arnaud Quercy, 2024 — France
Where musical harmony becomes visible through systematic color translation
Technical Specifications
- Medium: Acrylic on Paper
- Dimensions: 10.0×15.0cm
- Weight:
- Created: 2024, France
- Certificate: 20240615-0119
- SKU: Arnaud Quercy Creations / AQC0623 / 2024
- ✓ Original artwork, hand-painted by Arnaud Quercy
- ✓ Certificate of authenticity included
Arnaud Quercy is a Parisian artist working across painting, music, and sculpture. His practice is grounded in Ideamorphism — the principle that a work of art does not carry meaning, but triggers it. Each piece is engineered to diffract differently through each person who encounters it.
He creates and exhibits at Art Quam Anima, his gallery-atelier at 28 rue du Dragon, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris.
About This Artwork
This work explores the C# Major triad through chromesthetic translation, part of the Synesthetic Explorations collection. The composition translates the harmonic structure of C# Major into visual form, converting musical relationships into color relationships. The piece examines how chord tones can be represented through systematic color mapping.
Blue-violet tones dominate the composition, appearing in substantial areas across the surface. Red-orange hues create strong presence through russet and black sections, while yellow-green seagreen provides counterpoint. The colors organize into distinct geometric sections, with sharp transitions between color areas. Light blue-gray and wheat tones appear in smaller sections, creating accent points within the overall structure.
The work measures 10.0 × 15.0 cm in acrylic on paper, weighing minimal due to its compact format. Part of the Synesthetic Explorations collection, this piece carries certificate number 20240615-0119 with signature located bottom right. The artwork translates specific musical pitches into their chromesthetic equivalents, creating a visual representation of harmonic relationships within the C# Major system.
Where this work lives
Provenance
- Origin: Arnaud Quercy, Paris, France, 2024
- Acquired: 2025-03-09 — Private collection — New York, USA during Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form
- Series: C# Major
- Collection: Synesthetic Explorations
- Technique: Acrylic
Exhibitions 4
- Rencontres au Marché de la Création (2024-04-23 → 2024-12-31, Marché de la Création – Paris Montparnasse, Paris)
- Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose, Paris (2024-12-26 → 2025-01-05, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris)
- Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form (2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31, arnaudquercy.art, Paris)
- Paris Studio Visit (2025-02-18 → 2025-02-18, Artist's Studio, Paris)
Other works in this series 3
Documented at 4
- Catalogue Raisonné — C# Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 2 — C# Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 2 — Chromesthetic Translation — Arnaud Quercy (2024)
- Nanopublication — C# Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 2 — Digital Image Documentation - aqc0623_img_full_2196x3294_webp
- Nanopublication — C# Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 2 — Physical Specifications
- Nanopublication — C# Major - Research on Harmony - Variation 2 — Computational Image Analysis - AQC0623
